'Police officers and staff death data'

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Sussex Police should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Sussex Police,

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.

I would like to receive the following figures on police officer and staff deaths, with separate figures for police officers, PCSOs and police staff:

In each of the last five calendar years (2012-2016), how many police officers/PCSOs/staff employed by your force died (whether or not in the course of their duties)?
Of those, how many were recorded as having died by suicide each year?
Figures broken down by cause of death in each of the last five calendar years.

I would like to receive this information in an electronic format, via email.

On receiving this email, please send a response acknowledging that you have received it and will respond within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Yours faithfully,

Carlotta Dotto
The Times

Sussex Police

Dear Tom,

Thank you for your request which was received by Sussex Police 07/12/2017.

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, from the date of receipt. In some circumstances Sussex Police may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.

Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

Please Note:
Sussex Police are currently receiving a high volume of FOI requests at a time of reduced staffing levels to process them. Every effort is being made to comply with the statutory 20 working day response deadline but on occasions this may not be possible – we apologise for the inconvenience this may cause.

Regards

Roger Brace
FOI Officer - Sussex Police

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Dear Sussex Police,

The response to my FOI request has been delayed for more than 20 days. I'm writing you to request an acknowledgement of my request.

Yours faithfully,

Carlotta Dotto

Sussex Police

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